High Roads (comics)

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High Roads
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Cover to High Roads #1 written by Scott Lobdell and penciled by Leinil Francis Yu
Publication information
Publisher Cliffhanger (comics)
Format Limited series
Publication dateApril 2002
No. of issues6
Main character(s)Nick Highroad
Creative team
Written by Scott Lobdell
Artist(s) Leinil Francis Yu
Colorist(s) Edgar Tadeo

High Roads is a six-issue limited series created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Leinil Francis Yu. It was published in April 2002 by Cliffhanger, an imprint of DC Comics' Wildstorm Productions.

Plot

It tells about the story of a U.S. Army Captain Nick Highroad, as he tries to survive the final days of World War II. Along the way, he meets up with a British actor, an ex-kamikaze pilot and one of Hitler's mistresses. The foursome come up with a plan to steal one of Hitler's most prized possessions, but instead inadvertently find themselves involved in a plot to thwart the mono-testicled dictator's Final Solution.

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